Improvement in apparatus for shovelling- grain



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Letters Patent No. 91,440, dated .Tune 15, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FKOR SHOVELLING GRAIN.

Th Bhdill referred in these Letten Patent and making part ot the nm.

. 3 Apparatus for Shovelling Grain and I do declare that the followingis a true and accurate description therei `of', reference being had to thelaccompauying drawings,

and to the letters of reference `marked thereon, an'd i l being apart of this specification, in-which- Figure 1 isa perspective view of my improvemeutg i Figure 2 is a longitudinal section throughthe drum,

p showing itin gear with the' clutch feathered on the shaft; i and Figure Sis the same, out of gear. Like letters refer to like parts in each figure.

The nature 'of this inventionrelates to an improved. l method of shovelling grain or malt, on a malting-floor,

by machinery, and consists i'n vthe employment of a clutched drum-sleeve on a revolving shait,'-with which it is vthrown iii or out oi; gear, for winding oh said drum p a rope attached to a lzlirgeshovel or`scoop,for gathering up and carrying the grain to the leg of an eleva- `tor,.or into a malting-kiln, near which the drum is l placed. With one man or boy tooperate the clutch,

j and another to` work `the scoop, I am enabled to do the work of six. men in a given time. f

Y In the drawingsf y t A represents a shaft, rotatingin bearings in standards` B, placed at one side of the room near the leg of `an elevator, or the entrance to the kiln.

On this shaft is loosely sleeved a drum, @provided at one end with a clutch,.c, withwhich engages a sliding clutch, o', rotated by a feather, a., on the shaft A.

This clutch is moved laterally on the shaft, by means of a clutch-lever, D, pivoted in thevs-tandards E, and communicates the motion of the shaft-to. the drum p when desired.

F is a rope or chain, one end of which is secured to the drum C, and the other, to the bail of a shovel or scoopG, resembling a large road-scraper, the back.

edge of which is provided with handles orv hand-holes g, for conveniently operating it. The scoop may be made of wood, and faced with metal, or entirely of metal, but should be light, to be easily carried.

Its operation may be explained as follows:

The clutch bein'g out of gear with the drum, an attendant carries the scoop to the further side of the room, uncoiling the rope from the drum; he then` allows the front edge of the scoop to rest ou the oor, over which the malt or grain is spread. The attendant at the clutch then throws the clutch into gear with the drn'm, which,- revolving, winds up` the. rope, and draws the scoop towards it, the shoveller holding and guidingV it by the hand-holes y, and carrying several bushels of malt or grain toward the drum. Upo'n reaching the'proper point, the drum is thrown out of gear, and t-he operation` is repeated. To prevent the rope from running off the drum, when drawing grain from a corner of the floor, the posts H are placed in front ofthe-drum, to guide the rope to it in a direct line.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

AIn apparatusfor shovelling and conveying malt or grain, the combination of the scoop G, rope F, and

Aclutched drum O, with the clutch o', rotated by a shaft, A, and the guiding-posts H, when constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

THOMAS D. HAWLEY.

\ Witnesses:

H. F. EBnB'rs, JAs. I. DAY. 

